Science

China’s Moon Plants Have Died

RIP

On Tuesday, China announced it had successfully grown cotton on the moon. By Thursday, the plants were dead.

Molly C. Enking
Molly C. Enking
photo of china's cotton seed plants in a canister in space nasa moon lunar
Courtesy Chongqing University
Molly C. Enking

Molly C. Enking

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